Engraver&#39;s transferring device



June 5, 1923.

'4 9 B. STEELE ENGRAVER S TRANSFERRING DEVICE Filed April 17. 1 22 III/IllWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZ 1 Patented June 5, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT j Eric-E;

'EDW EDB. STEELE, OF-ROGH'EST'ER, N YORK, 'ASSIGNGB- To QUEEN oI'rY'MA'rE rA-L oo.., or UFFALO, NEW roan, A CORPORATION or NEW- YORK. i

Eneaavnws 'r ANsrEREme DEVICE.

.. Application led-awn 17, 192-2. Serial No. seams.

To, (Lila-ham it may concern.

Be itknownthat 1,. EDWARD B. Sr ELE, a citizen of the United States, residing 111 Rochester-,in the; county of: Monroe and State of New York, have invented new anduseiiul Improvements in ngravers? Transferring Devices, of which-the; following is; a specification.

This. inventihn relates to an engravers transierring device whereby an. original: engraving produced upon one-article, such. as the handle 'ofi ajknife, spoon or an; maybe transferred upon. the handles of similar articles so, thatqthe. engravingupon these additional articles maybe ofthe same-design or form and: alllocated-alike thereby acldingtothe beauty-.ofclthe articles as av set.

In transferring devices; oil? this; character, as hereto-fore construcfiedg a gelatino-us. pad was employed iior receiving the transiier inat'erials which padxwasarranged in. auholder of: such. a character that the pads imtimewlould shrink away from. the: sides-thereof; by reason of the pad. drying out, which is. obj ectionahle on account of a gap being formed 'between the pad and: the sides of the holder into which waste materials would; accumulate and: this usually leadi to the transferring device as-fawhole being. thrown away or diswager a newone'i.

It istheobject: iofithis invention to provide a transferring device of this character in whichtheholder and-the-padiare separate and the parts when assembled for use will not permit of the formation-foi a channel or groove between-the side edged the pad ja-nd the holder when the .pad is partially dried out, thereby avoiding the objectionable accumulation oi ma-teria l in such groove and also permitting of? using the. same holder over and over again, with [new pads which may be replaced for those which have been worn out; therehy'reduci'ng-the cost 'Ofl'l'lflll'ltai'ning such atransferringdevice.

p In the accompanying-- drawings:

Figure 1 is perspectiveview of; theimproved transfer'ring device embodying my invention. Figure; 2 is avertical transverse section ofthe same taken on line 2- 2, Fig; -1.

Similar characters ef reference refer to like-parts-inboth figures. i

In; its general" organizat-ionthe transferring device 5 containing myimprovement consist'sof a; pad of gelatinous Y mes and" a holder-consistingof alower cup-shaped body section which receives thepad and. an. upper cap-shaped cover section which. surrounds the1 body section and overlaps the transfer p This pad in the prefierred construction: is made in the form ofa circular disk. 10 which has flat upper and lower surfaces and a cylindrical upright edge. and: may be ,constructed of any suitable gelatinous compound,.fsuch as commonly employed by engravers: for transferring purposes. and; generally resembles. the compound employed f0 hectographduplicating(apparatus. N 1 Thelower body sec i nofi he: old r 0m.

prises. a hat orhorizontal bottomilhwhich 7 engages with the underside: of "the transfer pad. and. an. annular upright or. upstanding .wali20 which. rises; from the. bottom: 1-1 and vextends;along;the periphera'l'edge offthe pad.

The-upper or icover-sectionoff the holder, comprises a; horizontalflange.- 13 which .en-.

gages with 1 the. marginal part. oh the. upper surface of the: transifer'pad: 110 and a depend ing' annular'fla'nge 14g arranged-at the: outer edge oi the:- flasngea 13" and surrounding the;

periphery oi. body: wall 20 with which it. is in. slidingengagement.) For thespurpose of convenientlypermitting v"die;fh'olfolyand cover of the holder to;m.separat=ed,,.a;nflannular beach 12 is arranged. at; the c'orneIr-ibetween I the. upstanding? wa-ll .;20. and: the bottomilil'oftheibodya 1 v a one place; in the CQVPEIFHJ; gap; I5. is

for-med in the: flange: l3rwhich; extends; from the inner toiith'e, outer side or? thejsame as shown'in Fig. l; flnmh remaining-portion of the inner edgeoiithe? fiangev13-"the same is provided with ai'pluralityof gage notches 1 61 which are preferably of V -shaped-form, as shown inFig I, althoughxthewsamemay be of: any other desiredl shape- ,to; suit: the work which is to be engraved; on; the upper surface or the flange 18- bhe same is provided with a pluralit-yfi of? pockets: in which materials may be stored which-are used during the operation oh prodh cing transfers of designs upon difierent articles, forinstance', on" the end portions: Ofifllifi flange, the same may he provided with: comparatively deep pockets- 17; 1 7; oneofiwhi h may contain a supply ohgrease or tallow and the other a supply" of'iwhiteachalkgiand between theseend pockets: maybe arranged additional intermediate poclie'ts lfl are adapted to receive powder;' \vaX, ol -"other:

materials of different colors which may be desirable for engraving transfers on articles of different kinds of material. On its underside the flange of the cover is provided with one or more spurs 19 which enter the upper side of the transfer pad 10 and prevent the latter from becoming displaced with reference to the gage notches 16 when the pad shrinks or dries out more or less and forms a gap between its periphery and the bore of the body wall 20. I

In the use of this device an engraver first engraves the desired letter or other device on the handle of one of the articles of a set, such as a spoon and then fills the engraved portion with a chalk of suitable color. The handle of the article is then placed with the engraved surface downwardly upon the top of the transfer pad with the outer end of the handle in engagement with one of the gage notches and the inner part of'the handle arranged in the gap 15 so that the bowl of the spoon is arranged outside of the transfer device, as shown in Fig. 1. Upon pressing the engraved surface on the handle the article whilein this position downwardly upon the pad some of the chalk or transfer material in the engraving will be deposited upon the upper surface of the pad, after which additional impressions may be made from the same engraved portion of the ban dle by engaging the same successively with one or more of the remaining gage notches 16 in the manner just described and pressing the same downwardly so as to leave the chalk mark upon the upper surface of the pad adjacent to the edge of the gage notches. The additional articles to be engraved, such for instance as spoons, are now first coated with a thin film of grease, wax or tallow and then pressed downwardly upon. the impression sections of the pad 10 upon which the designs have been previously deposited by means of chalk whereby these additional articles will pick up the chalk impressions in exactly the same location on the article as they were on the original by reason of the article being held in the gage notches 16 while the impressions are produced thereon. After each article has been thus impressed with the design the same may be engraved in the usual manner and these engravings will be necessarily all located in the same place so that the set of articles are engraved uniformly.

The height of the wall 20 and the rim 14 of the holder is preferably less than the thickness of the pad 10, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to permit the pad to shrink vertically to a considerable extent without permitting the upper side of the pad to shrink away from the underside of the flange 13 by the time the lower edge of the rim 14 engages with the bead 12.

The flange 13 is also made of ample width so that during the maximum shrinking of the pad 10 in a radial direction, this flange will always overlap the pad on the upper side of its marginal part and prevent the formation of any groove or crevice between the upper side of the pad and the gage flange 13 in which materials are liable to accumulate.

. As a whole, this device is very simple and compact in construction, it can be produced at low cost and when the pad is either worn out, or dried up to such an extent that the same is of no further use, it may be dis carded and replaced by a new one, thus enabling the same holder to be used continuously with different pads and thereby effect a considerable economy. 1

I claim as my invention:

An engravers transferring device, comprising a transfer pad, and a holder for said pad having a flange overlapping the upper side of said pad and provided with a. gage.

2. An engravers transferring device comprising a transfer pad, and a holder for said pad comprising a lower cup-shaped body whichireceives said pad, and an upper capshaped cover which encloses said body and overlaps said pad and whichis provided with a plurality of gages;

An engravers transferring device comprising a transfer pad, and a holder for said pad comprising a lower cup-shaped body which receives said pad, and an upper capshaped cover which encloses'said body and overlaps said pad and which is provided with spurs engaging said pad.

a; An engravers transferring device comprising a transfer pad, and a holder having a lower body section which consists of a horizontal bottomengaging with the underside of the pad and an upstanding wall, and an upper cover section having a top flange which en ages with the marginal part of the upper si e of said pad and which is provided with a plurality of gages and a rim depending from said top flange.

An engravers transferring device comprising a transfer pad, and a holder having a lower body section which consists of a horizontal-bottom engaging with the underside of the pad and an upstanding wall arranged along theedge of said'pad, and an upper cover section having a I top flange which engages with the marginal part of the upper side of said pad and a rim depending from said top flange and surrounding said wall said flange being provided on its underside with spurs entering the upperside of said pad.

6. An engravers transferring device comprising a transfer pad, a holder having a lower body section which consist-s of a horizontal bottom engaging with the underside of the pad, and an upstanding wall arranged alongthe edge of said pad, and an upper cover section having a top flange wihich engages with the marginal part of the upper side of said pad and a rim depending from said top flange and surrounding said wall, said flange being provided at one place in'the circumference of said rim with a gap'ex tending from the inner to the outer side of the flange.

7. An engravers transferring device comprising a transfer pad, and a holder having a lower body section which consistsof a horizontal bottom engaging with the underside of the pad, an upstanding wall arranged along the edge of said pad, and an upper coverv section having a-top flange,

whichengages with the marginal part of the upper side of said pad and a rim depending from said top flange and surrounding said wall, said flange being provided at one place in the circumference of said rim with a gap extending from the inner to the outer side terials.

of the flange, and the inner edge of the flange being provided With a gage notches.

8. An engravers transferring device complurality of prising a transfer pad, and a holder having-, alower body section which consists of a j horizontal bottom, engaging with the underside of the pad, and an upstanding wall arg ranged along the edge ofsaid pad, and an upper cover section having a top flange which engages with the marginal part of-the upper side of said pad and a rim depending from said top flange and surrounding said wall, said flange being provided at one place in f the circumference of said rim with a gap extending from, the. inner to the outer 'side'[ of the flange, and the upper side of. said flange beingprovided with a plurality of I pockets 'forthe, reception 10f transfer ma- EDWARD B; STEELE. I 

